Maybe WWE is trying to make these last few raws look bad so that the 1,000th Raw looks even more brilliant.

I'd be pissed off if that's what their mindset is really like.
Heres an idea: why not make all the Raws leading up to the 1000th episode good? Raw the past couple of weeks has been good, and then they ruin it by having this terrible show - which is the worst in months.